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« on: December 29, 2009, 04:54:34 AM » |
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I want to record my progress here so far because I think I'm going in a good direction.
For several months I've been eating a mostly LC raw diet with about 20-30% cooked on social situations and this year I went through the first Autumn of my life without a cold, not one!
In the beginning of this year I started on a health journey to find out what works for me in terms of nutrition and lifestyle and looking back to where I started, I can just say WOW. I did this because in the last three years my health seemed to be deteriorating (frequent colds, lots of dental problems, lack of energy, freaking mid day energy drops to the point where I could barely concentrate after the huge standard lunch).
I had my beliefs about what I was going to do and mostly leaned toward vegetarianism because several years ago I listened to Toni Robbins program "Energy for Life". At that point I was convinced that vegetarian/vegan was the way to go, but did not make the switch and just left it in the back of my mind with the intention to come back to it when I thought I actually had "real" health issues. It's funny when I think now that I went for several weeks with only rice, potatoes, fruits and salads, thinking it was "good enough".
I had no clearly defined plan of action, which I think was a good thing because it allowed me to eventually consider the RAF diet. I have to say that I felt blown out of the water when I discovered the concepts of disease and the reasons behind the dietary protocol in the Paleo Diet for Athletes book and later the Primal Diet. It took me some months of reading to finally consider trying it.
So I made some good and bad decisions about my health this year.
Bad decisions:
- doing 3-4 Kg of watermelon, 2-3 liters of pasteurized milk, whey protein and other cocked foods/day for 3 months. I think this lead to my dermatitis outbreak and frequent muscle cramps because they gradually stopped after phasing out those foods.
- accepting 3 amalgam fillings. I did not know better. The bad thing is that one of them is at the root of the tooth which means I'd have to pull it If I want it out.
Good ones:
- experimenting with the warrior diet which totally got read of the mid day energy drops.
- doing P90x and an qi gong type of daily energy routine, good stuff. I think this also contributed to my increased energy levels.
- starting a more raw oriented diet resulting in more energy, better cold tolerance and improved ability to concentrate and probably others that I didn't yet notice.
Next, I will be focusing on going 100% raw and keep an eye open for new things I can learn about health and nutrition. This forum is a great resource.
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TylerDurden
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« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2009, 06:13:10 AM » |
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You know, it's funny, reading Tony Robbins' books got me started on a raw vegan diet. I had been doing the Hay Diet(80% raw plant food, 20% cooked animal food) for some time, and reading Tony Robbin's usual nonsense made me start realising finally that cooked animal foods were very harmful to my health, so it was useful in that way.
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"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
Henry Ford
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goodsamaritan
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« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2009, 11:42:08 AM » |
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Thank you for that genuine story. It is amazing not to catch a cold on raw paleo diet.
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Hannibal
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2009, 12:07:31 PM » |
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I don't know if it is good not to catch colds at all. It depends on many factors.
IMHO these kinds of illnesses are the best way to detoxify oneself, so from time to time it is good.
Tonsilitis, for example, is the natural way to genetically cleanse DNA in our bodies.
But it is of paramount importance to go through diseases in a natural way, without any medicaments.
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Do you blame vultures for the carcass they eat?
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djr_81
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2009, 12:28:21 PM » |
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I don't know if it is good not to catch colds at all. It depends on many factors.
IMHO these kinds of illnesses are the best way to detoxify oneself, so from time to time it is good.
Tonsilitis, for example, is the natural way to genetically cleanse DNA in our bodies.
But it is of paramount importance to go through diseases in a natural way, without any medicaments.
I don't think we're immune to the common illnesses around us but just process them better than SAD eaters. One of my classic signs I'm getting sick is an irritability I don't exhibit at most other times; any little thing gets me grumbling when it would normally not bother me. In the ~4 1/2 months I've been raw carnivore/ZC that I've had this same symptom twice but both times it resolved itself during that day (~6 hours "down" time) and then life went on like normal. I'd wager that was me dealing with the "cold" floating around my office that week. |
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Hannibal
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« Reply #5 on: December 29, 2009, 12:47:20 PM » |
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I'm on low-carb diet for almost 3 years and on rawpaleodiet for over a 2 years and I catch colds from time to time. Lately I've got really sore throat with fever up to 39,5 degrees C and I fasted and rested for 4 days and the recovery was immediate. I do not take any medicaments, supplements, etc.
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TylerDurden
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« Reply #6 on: December 29, 2009, 01:03:20 PM » |
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I did get 1 case of severe flu catching it from my brother. It only lasted 2-3 days, and that was the only time throughout the whole diet.
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"Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young."
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majormark
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« Reply #7 on: December 29, 2009, 02:13:25 PM » |
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It's probably good to catch a cold every once in a while, but for me it used to be 3-4 times in Autumn and probably more in Spring. So this is quite impressive as I've been around people with severe cold symptoms lately (including drinking water after one) and din not experience it myself so far.
I noticed that after I eat something salty or some other junk food, the next day I have to spit a little salty tasting gelatin like mucus a few times. This looks like detox.
Overall I do not tend to form a lot of mucus in my nose ever since I started eating a lot of fat. Previously I used to do oil pulling and sometimes salt flush my nostrils to keep them clear. I guess it was the fat in the oil that was doing some good.
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Hannibal
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« Reply #8 on: December 29, 2009, 02:32:12 PM » |
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It's probably good to catch a cold every once in a while, but for me it used to be 3-4 times in Autumn and probably more in Spring. But did you go through those illnesses in the natural way? |
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majormark
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« Reply #9 on: December 29, 2009, 02:39:38 PM » |
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Of course not, I used to take antibiotics in mega doses until I did not notice any symptoms. I remember one time I was in Italy and did not find any, so the cold lasted for 2 weeks.
And I cant get Tonsillitis because I had my tonsil removed when I was a kid by a doctor who thought he saw some little scar or cyst on one of them. To this day I believe that it was probably not necessary.
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